A tole-rant is a constructive rant about a social problem that points to a solution. Tole-rant can also be used as a verb and a person who tole-rants is known as a tole-ranter. A tole-rant usually takes the form of a 60 second video featuring an individual’s personal viewpoint spoken directly to camera. However, the term is also being used to refer to a constructive rant of any length in any format or context.
I’m inspired by your tole-rant about climate change. I’m going to tole-rant about homophobia.
Submitted by: Stormcat from United Kingdom on 22/09/2010
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The term tole-rant is a clever play on the verb/noun rant, describing the concept of angrily complaining about something, and the adjective tolerant, meaning ‘willing to accept someone’s beliefs or way of life without criticizing them’.